Rob has been a university scientist and, for forty years, a science writer and science broadcaster on television and radio. He co-hosted the national television program Curiosity Show, which screened in 14 countries. He was the science correspondent for Channel Ten TV News and produced TV science segments on NEXUS for the Australia Network. He has written 43 books and dozens of articles on science and natural history, one of which, a Field Guide to the Tracks and Traces of Australian Animals, led to his appointment as an expert witness for the Morling Enquiry into the Chamberlain Convictions.He is currently Professorial Fellow at Flinders University, and has been awarded two Eureka Prizes (including the Australian Government Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science), the Michael Daley Award for Science Journalism, and the inaugural South Australian Government Award for Excellence in Science Communication. In 2004, he was awarded the Order of Australia for Science Communication and Conservation. He is Chair or a member of many Boards and Councils of environment and conservation organisations, and was the South Australian Senior Australian of the Year for 2008.